Just a Couple Degrees Off-Course

What difference does it make to be just a couple degrees off-course. Well...over a distance of 100 feet, probably not much. Your destination is within eyesight and correcting your course is relatively easy. Over a long distance, it can mean missing the mark by several miles and ending up at a destination you never intended. Because you only drifted one or two degrees, you never even noticed that you were headed in the wrong direction. Fortunately there are navigation tools that allow us to stay headed in the right direct so we end up at the right destination.

The same thing applies to our lives. We need to keep our compass heading set accurately to the destination we desire to arrive at. Yet how often do we find that we have drifted signicantly off-course and possibly have even shipwrecked? We thought we had the right coordinates, but didn't have or make use of the navigational aids at our disposal. After all, we are guys. We don't ask directions.

How do we make sure that we stay on-course? One way is daily time in the Bible. It is our God-given map to navigate the waters of life. Another way to stay on-course is to never go through life alone.

Accountability is huge in keeping us on course because it keeps us honest. You can know a map like the back of your hand, but if you don't follow the direction on that map, you are in big trouble. Having someone we are accountable to helps us to stay on-course and be true the map.

Without accountability it is so easy to drift just a little bit. A "small white lie" here, a quick peek at a certain website, cable program or magazine and over time we find ourselves miles off-course and caught in a tempest that threatens to wreck everything precious and important to us. Wouldn't it be great to have a group of guys that you can trust to share what is happening in your work, family and thought life? A group of guys who care enough for one another to help one another to stay on-course and finish strong at the right destination?

Well...Wednesday mornings, 6AM, such a group of guys meets at Panera in Shakopee (across the road from Home Depot). It is an opportunity for guys to band together to do this life with great success. This isn't just another social activity, but a group of fellow travelers who care enough to ask the hard questions.

If you are sensing that the internal GPS isn't taking you to where you need to go and would like the input of "brothers in arms", mark your calendar and join us Wednesday mornings at Panera.